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According to Lancet (some time back, after a half-day long search for actual science data online) the carcinogenicity of second-hand smoke particles was so low
by 8bitsrule 5y ago
According to Lancet (some time back, after a half-day long search for actual science data online) the carcinogenicity of second-hand smoke particles was so low as to be immeasurable.
It's also claimed SHS causes cardiovascular problems. Perhaps ... lots of things can do that, like food and lack of exercise. Accounted-for in studies?
Personally, I always smoke outdoors, where my SHS mixes with the exhaust of the gasoline and diesel vehicles driving by. They haven't been outlawed yet. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOx#Health_and_environment_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOx#Health_and_environment_eff...]
- vmception 5y agoThe point of these studies aren't to outlaw things, its to let people make more objective choices
- mechanical_bear 5y agoSecond hand smoke is cancer causing. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6067/cdc_6067_DS1.pdf https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6067/cdc_6067_DS1.pdf
- Maursault 5y agoThe shocker is not that first hand smoke also is, but that natural tobacco is not remotely as deadly as what is in nearly all national brand cigarettes, and the obvious reason these products are so deadly is that a large number of carcinogens are added to the product intentionally to make nicotine more addictive. I always thought it was a strange outcome of the 90's cigarette co. court settlements that this practice, I believe specifically detailed for the court, wasn't eliminated (and notably the unpaid remainder of the fines were eliminated entirely in the mid-naughts).